**Please note:** *this review is about the Lodging at OTS road, near Corporation Circle, near Badami House.*
During our last Christmas holidays, after traveling to Ooty and Mysore, we arrived in Bangalore at about 8 PM, without any prior reservation. I had no idea, where I would find one and based on a friend’s suggestion headed to Majestic.
Just on the way, near Corporation circle, I noticed this tall building - Pai Vihar Boarding & Lodging and decided to check on them.
My criteria was a simple family room which would accommodate 4 adults and a kid without much hassles(and policies), a car park and reasonable rate. And I found a perfect deal with this hotel. They had on offer a 3-bed room for 2100/- per night and extra bed at 400, another 400 odd for taxes which was totalling to some 2900/-. I bargained and the final settlement was done at 2500/- per night, which I feel was a very fair deal, considering we stayed there on 30, 31st and 1st. *(I was expecting the hotels to increase their prices for the new year night)*.
**Location:** Very well placed. Right by the road side, opposite City Corporation office, near Badami House *(which houses the Karnataka Tourism office)*. Majestic, M.G. Road and the famous Chikpet local market are very near by the hotel.
If you are a tourist and planning to take the Govt run city tours, the booking can be done at the Badami house, which is next to the hotel. *(a real advantage)*.
There is a huge area next to the hotel, which is used for Parking and which is risk-free. We parked our car here for 3 days and never took it out.
**Rooms/Ambiance:** The room I stayed was excellent and clean. Had all the basics: chairs, table, dressing table, cupboard, well organised 3 beds, 2 fans, TV with working cable/remote. Complimentary soaps/shampoo sachet, towels provided. Room was cleaned every day. Bathroom was neat and tidy. Hot water started at 7 and no issues with it *(mentioning all this, because my stay at previous locations in Ooty and Mysore had problems with these basic aspects)*. Though, these are basics, some lodgings don’t even provide them and take the customers for granted.
They also provided room service.
I have no cons to really pen-down here about the hotel. The guy on the reception - Pratap was a cheerful personality and helpful.
**Restaurant:** The hotel houses a Veg restaurant of their own, which served real delicious food. We had all our 3 dinners at this place. Rates are quite affordable too. The bill for the food of 4+1 child was within 600 every time. They also have a’self-service’ restaurant where one can have snacks, breakfast and tea/coffee. *(This was an expensive affair, though)*.
Overall, this is a real value for money hotel and I would highly recommend anybody visiting Bangalore to try this out.